Inflation

Ipsos has released the May 2024 Cost of Living Monitor, a 32-country survey which tracks how people around the world feel about their finances. We learn that a quarter of New Zealanders are finding it difficult to manage financially with expectations that unemployment and housing costs will rise.

Despite the change in government, most New Zealanders are predicting 2024 will bring higher interest rates, unemployment, inflation and global temperatures.

Welcome to the fifth edition of the Ipsos Global Inflation Monitor, a 33 country survey which tracks consumer perceptions of the cost of living crisis.

Concerns about crime at a record high, inflation remains New Zealanders’ top concern.

Wellington, 16 March 2023 – The latest Ipsos New Zealand Global Advisor Inflation report shows that the number of New Zealanders who are struggling financially is on the rise, with 26% indicating that they are finding it difficult to manage financially (up from 20% in the previous wave in May 2022).

The latest Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor finds that concern about inflation / cost of living remains the number one issue worrying New Zealanders and is continuing to intensify, with nearly 2 in 3 New Zealanders now identifying it as a key issue they are currently facing.

Have we reached peak inflation? Although still the top concern, worry about inflation falls for the first time in two and a half years.

Inflation, environmental sustainability, the future of mobility… Ipsos Update explores the latest and greatest research & thinking on key topics from Ipsos around the world.

A new 36-country survey for the World Economic Forum finds a growing number of people think unemployment will rise next year